SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will temporarily exempt people from 22 visa-waiver nations, including the United States, Japan and Taiwan, from mandatory online travel permits and transit visa requirements as part of efforts to attract more foreign tourists and boost domestic demand, the finance ministry said Wednesday. These are a set of [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners under the age of 19 can visit major royal palaces and tombs without paying admission fees starting next month, the cultural heritage authority said Wednesday. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said it has recently revised its rules on visits to royal palaces and tombs to include free admission [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tax exemptions and incentives for this year are expected to hit an all-time high of 69.3 trillion won (US$53.48 billion), as the country seeks to better support vulnerable people and spur economic growth, the finance ministry said Tuesday. The value of the tax cuts and credit, approved [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court has finalized a decision not to punish an Iranian national charged with obtaining a visa based on a fake document, citing an international refugee convention prohibiting the punishment of refugees for illegal entry. The Iranian applied for refugee status in South Korea in March 2016 after [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has decided to suspend or reduce the solar power generation of some facilities in South Jeolla and South Gyeongsang provinces starting next month, as the increase in solar power generation is bringing about difficulties in the operation of the national power grid. The Ministry of Trade, Industry [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will manage the entire process of construction projects by recording videos of construction sites, a first in South Korea. To begin, 74 construction sites each with construction cost of more than 10 billion won will be recorded on a trial basis for one [...]
COPENHAGEN, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will create floating swimming pools along the Han River by 2026, along with marina facilities equipped with restaurants, a concert hall and a sunset observation platform, the mayor has said. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon unveiled the plan to create the Han River Art Pier after [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided to lower the greenhouse gas reduction target for the industrial sector, while maintaining the overall target to reduce total emissions by 40 percent by 2030 compared with 2018 levels, a presidential commission said Tuesday. Under the adjusted target by sectors, the industrial sector will be required [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice plans to expand job opportunities for single-parent foreigners who are raising extramarital children with Korean citizenship. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) announced on Monday that the justice ministry partially accepted the recommendation it presented to improve the status of sojourn for the [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The justice ministry will disclose the names of those who remove their electronic ankle devices and flee, in order to facilitate their quick arrest, legal sources said Monday. The new rule has been in effect since Friday, the sources said. Previously, only facial features, body characteristics, gender and age [...]